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Belgium at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Belgium competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the country's debut in 1900, Belgian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for the 1904 edition.

Belgium at the2024 Summer Olympics

BEL
Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
www.teambelgium.be (in Dutch and French)
165 (83 men and 82 women) in 21 sports
Jérôme Guéry & Emma Meesseman
Nafissatou Thiam
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
6
Total
10
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1906 Intercalated Games

On July 6, 2024, Team Belgium announced a 172 strong squad (not including 8 reserves), composed of 87 men and 85 women. The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	23	20	43
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	0	12	12
Boxing	2	1	3
Canoeing	1	2	3
Cycling	11	10	21
Equestrian	5	5	10
Fencing	1	0	1
Field hockey	19	19	38
Golf	2	1	3
Gymnastics	3	2	5
Judo	3	1	4
Rowing	3	0	3
Sailing	4	4	8
Sport climbing	1	0	1
Swimming	1	3	4
Table tennis	2	0	2
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Tennis	3	0	3
Triathlon	2	2	4
Weightlifting	0	1	1

Belgian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Heat	Repechage	Semifinal	Final
Dylan Borlée	Men's 400 m	—.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}N/a	45.36	5	45.51	4	Did not advance
Alexander Doom	—N/a	45.01	2 Q	Bye	DNF	Did not advance
Jonathan Sacoor	—N/a	45.08	4	DNS	Did not advance
Eliott Crestan	Men's 800 m	—N/a	1:45.51	1 Q	Bye	1:43.72	5	Did not advance
Tibo De Smet	—N/a	1:46.03	7	1:46.59	4	Did not advance
Pieter Sisk	—N/a	1:46.60	6	1:45.49	3
Ruben Verheyden	Men's 1500 m	—N/a	3:36.62	12	3:36.06	10	Did not advance
Jochem Vermeulen	—N/a	3:36.66	7	3:36.14	6
John Heymans	Men's 5000 m	—N/a	14:08.33	3 Q	—N/a	13:19.25	11
Isaac Kimeli	—N/a	13:52.18	3 Q	—N/a	13:18.10	8
Men's 10000 m	—N/a	27:51.52	19
Michael Obasuyi	110 m hurdles	—N/a	13.41	3 Q	Bye	13.36	5	Did not advance
Elie Bacari	—N/a	13.66	7	14.13	7	Did not advance
Dylan BorléeKevin BorléeFlorent MabilleJonathan Sacoor	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	—N/a	2:59.84 =SB	2 Q	—N/a	2:57.75 NR	4
Bashir Abdi	Men's marathon	—N/a	2:06:47 SB
Koen Naert	2:16:33 SB	61
Michael Somers	2:10:32	22
Delphine Nkansa	Women's 100 m	Bye	11.20 =PB	3 Q	Bye	11.28	7	Did not advance
Rani Rosius	Bye	11.10 PB	4 q	11.29	8
Imke Vervaet	Women's 200 m	—N/a	23.20	7	23.33	3	Did not advance
Cynthia Bolingo	Women's 400 m	—N/a	52.77 SB	8	DNS
Helena Ponette	—N/a	51.75	6	51.46 PB	5
Elise Vanderelst	Women's 1500 m	—N/a	4:06.95	9	4:08.86	7
Lisa Rooms	Women's 5000 m	—N/a	15:37.55	15	—N/a	Did not advance
Hanne Claes	Women's 400 m hurdles	—N/a	54.80 SB	4q	Bye	55.96	8
Paulien Couckuyt	—N/a	54.90 SB	4q	54.64 SB	5
Naomi Van den Broeck	—N/a	55.51 L	5	55.11	2 Q	54.94	6
Chloé Herbiet	Women's marathon	—N/a	DNF
Hanne Verbruggen	2:29:03 SB	19
Elise MehuysDelphine NkansaRani RosiusRani Vincke	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	—N/a	DSQ	—N/a	Did not advance
Hanne ClaesCamille LausHelena PonetteNaomi Van den BroeckImke Vervaet	Women's 4 × 400 m relay	—N/a	3:24.92	4 q	—N/a	3:22.40 SB	7
Kevin BorléeAlexander DoomJonathan SacoorHelena PonetteNaomi Van den Broeck	Mixed 4 × 400 m relay	—N/a	3:10.74 NR	3 Q	—N/a	3:09.36 NR	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Final
Thomas Carmoy	Men's high jump	2.20	19	Did not advance
Ben Broeders	Men's pole vault	5.60	15
Philip Milanov	Men's discus throw	62.44	15
Timothy Herman	Men's javelin throw	79.42	20
Vanessa Sterckendries	Women's hammer throw	67.67	24

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Belgium entered two badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Group stage	Round of 16	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
Julien Carraggi	Men's singles	Christie (INA)L (18–21, 21–11, 21–16)	Sen (IND)L (21–19, 21–14)	Cordón (GUA)-	3	Bye	Did not advance	27
Lianne Tan	Women's singles	Tai (TPE)L (21–15, 21–14)	Intanon (THA)L (21–8, 21–8)	—N/a	3	Bye	Did not advance	27

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Belgium women's	Women's tournament	GermanyL 69–83	United StatesL 74–87	JapanW 85–58	3q	SpainW 66–79	FranceL 81–75 (OT)	AustraliaL 81–85	4

The Belgium women's national basketball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top two eligible nations at the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Antwerp.

Team roster

A 14-player roster was announced on 24 May 2024. The final roster was revealed on 6 July 2024.

Group play

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1	3	3	0	276	218	+58	6	Quarterfinals
2	3	2	1	226	220	+6	5
3	3	1	2	228	228	0	4
4	3	0	3	198	262	−64	3

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Belgium entered three boxers into the Olympic tournament for the first time since Barcelona 1992. Romanian-born Vasile Usturoi (men's featherweight), with Oshin Derieuw (women's welterweight) slated to become the country's first female boxer in history at the Games, secured the spots on the Belgian squad in their respective weight divisions by advancing to the semifinal match at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland. Victor Schelstraete (men's heavyweight) secured his spot following the triumph in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Vasile Usturoi	Men's 57 kg	Bye	Senior (AUS)L 1–4	Did not advance	9
Victor Schelstraete	Men's 92 kg	—N/a	Plodzicki-Faoagali (SAM)W 5–0	Reyes (ESP)L 0–5	Did not advance	5
Oshin Derieuw	Women's 66 kg	Bye	Romeira (CPV)W 3–2	Yang (CHN)L 0–5	Did not advance	5

Belgium qualified a boat in the Men's K-1 1000 m and the Women's K-2 500 m for the Games by finishing sixth resp. fourth at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany. Both athletes having secured a quota place in the Women's K-2 500 m are eligible to compete in the Women's K-1 500 m.

Athlete	Event	Heats	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Artuur Peters	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:31.55	4 QF	3:51.20	6	3:32.81	6 FB	3:30.29	13
Lize Broekx	Women's K-1 500 m	1:52.32	5 QF	1:49.78	1 SF	1:52.84	4 FB	1:53.67	14
Hermien Peters	1:51.46	2 SF	Bye	1:49.87	2 FA	1:52.26	7
Lize BroekxHermien Peters	Women's K-2 500 m	1:41.80	2 SF	1:39.74	2 FA	1:39.84	5

Qualification Legend: QF = Qualify to quarterfinal; SF = Qualify to semifinal; FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Artuur Peters was impeded by an obstruction on the course during his Quarterfinal. At the time that he was obstructed, he was in first place. Pursuant to rule 7.3.1, the Chief Official has exercised his discretion to include this athlete in a spare lane in the Semifinals.

Belgium entered a full team of eight road cyclists (four per gender). Belgium qualified four male athletes by finishing 1st in the UCI Nation Ranking, while the women qualified four athletes, by finishing 3rd.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time
Remco Evenepoel	Road race	6:19:34
Jasper Stuyven	+2:20	21
Wout Van Aert	+3:47	37
Tiesj Benoot	+7:23	48
Remco Evenepoel	Time trial	36:12.16
Wout Van Aert	+0:25.63

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Justine Ghekiere	Road race	+5:00	24
Lotte Kopecky	+58
Julie Van de Velde	+7:58	53
Margot Vanpachtenbeke	+7:53	43
Lotte Kopecky	Time trial	41:34.82	6

Results from the final leg of the 2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup events in Milton ensured that the Belgium men's team pursuit team could not finish below tenth overall in the team pursuit world rankings, and were thus guaranteed a quota in all three men's track endurance events in Paris. The Belgium women's madison team secured a quota for the women's madison and omnium by securing a top 5 place in the 2022–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking of NOC's not having obtained a quota via the team pursuit world rankings and two quota for the women's sprint and keirin tournaments by a top 7 place in the 2022–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking of NOC's not having obtained a quota via the team sprint world rankings.

Sprint

Team Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Semifinals	Final
Tuur DensLindsay De VylderFabio Van den BosscheNoah Vandenbranden	Men's team pursuit	3:47.232 NR	7 Q	New ZealandL 3:45.685 NR	2 Q7-8	CanadaL Overlapped	8

OVL = Overlapped

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Nicky Degrendele	Women's keirin	1 Q	Bye	3 Q1/2	4 Q7-12	11
Julie Nicolaes	5	3	Did not advance

Omnium

Madison

Athlete	Event	Sprint Points	Lap Points	Total Points	Rank
Lindsay De VylderFabio Van den Bossche	Men's madison	9	(−20)	(−11)	10
Katrijn De ClercqHélène Hesters	Women's madison	5	0	5	10

Belgian mountain bikers qualified for two men's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's seventh-place-finish for men in the biennial UCI Mountain Bike Olympic Qualification period ranking; and for one women's quota place as a result of the re-allocation of unused quota places.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jens Schuermans	Men's cross-country	1:33:29	26
Pierre de Froidmont	1:30:21	18
Emeline Detilleux	Women's cross-country	-1 LAP	25

Belgium secured two quota places (one men's and one women's) race for Paris 2024 through the allocations of final Olympic BMX ranking.

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Last Chance Race	Semifinal	Final
Ruben Gommers	Men's	15	13 q	1:36.250	7	Did not advance	19
Aiko Gommers	Women's	19	19 q	37.819	5	Did not advance	17

Belgium entered a full squad of equestrian riders to the dressage competition by finishing 8th at the 2023 FEI European Dressage Championships in Riesenbeck, Germany, picking up one of the three qualifying spots on offer at the event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with six of the top 8 teams already qualifying earlier in the 2022 FEI World Championships.
Belgium entered a full squad of equestrian riders to the eventing competition by finishing 7th at the 2023 European Eventing Championships in Le Pin-au-Haras, France, picking up one of the two qualifying spots on offer for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Belgium entered a full squad of equestrian riders to the jumping competition by winning the gold medal at the 2022 Jumping Nations Cup Final in Barcelona, Spain.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix	Grand Prix Special	Grand Prix Freestyle
Flore de Winne	Flynn FRH	Individual	73.028	19	—N/a	Did not advance
Domien Michiels	Intermezzo Van Het Meerdaalhof	72.531	22
Larissa Pauluis	Flambeau	72.127	23
Flore de WinneDomien MichielsLarissa Pauluis	See above	Team	217.686	6 Q	143.33	10	—N/a

Domien Michiels was disqualified after the event by the International Testing Agency of his individual competition results at the Dressage Team Grand Prix event at the Paris Olympic Games as a consequence for an anti-doping rule violation for the presence of a prohibited substance, dropping the Belgium team from 5th to 10th.

The Belgium team was disqualified from the Eventing team competition of the Paris Olympic Games after an adverse analytical finding (AAF) involving an equine prohibited substance was returned for Tine Magnus' horse.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification	Final
Jérôme Guéry	Quel Homme de Hus	Individual	4	35	Did not advance
Gilles Thomas	Ermitage Kalone	0	15 Q	8	83.95	20
Gregory Wathelet	Bond Jamesbond de Hay	4	23 Q	8	78.76	15
Jérôme GuéryGilles ThomasWilm Vermeir	Quel Homme de HusErmitage KaloneIQ van 't Steentje	Team	8	4 Q	20	234.82	8

For the first time since the nation's last participation at the 2016 games in Rio, Belgium entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Neisser Loyola secured his quota place in men's individual épée event as one of two highest ranked individual fencers, eligible for the European zone through the release of the FIE Individual Adjusted Official Ranking for Paris 2024.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Neisser Loyola	Men's épée	Bye	Bayard (SUI)W 9–15	Siklósi (HUN)W 13–14	El-Sayed (EGY)L 8–9	Did not advance	8

Summary

Belgium men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the final at the 2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia, Spain.

Team roster

Belgium announced their squad on 6 July 2024.

Head coach: Michel van den Heuvel

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
2	GK	Loic Van Doren	(1996-09-14)14 September 1996 (aged 27)	58	Dragons
3	FW	Thibeau Stockbroekx	(2000-07-20)20 July 2000 (aged 24)	39	Oranje-Rood
4	DF	Arthur Van Doren	(1994-10-01)1 October 1994 (aged 29)	241	Bloemendaal
7	MF	John-John Dohmen	(1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 36)	475	Orée
8	FW	Florent van Aubel	(1991-10-25)25 October 1991 (aged 32)	295	Pinoké
10	FW	Cédric Charlier	(1987-11-27)27 November 1987 (aged 36)	380	Racing
12	DF	Gauthier Boccard	(1991-08-26)26 August 1991 (aged 32)	298	Léopold
13	FW	Nicolas De Kerpel	(1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (aged 31)	124	Herakles
16	DF	Alexander Hendrickx	(1993-08-06)6 August 1993 (aged 30)	192	Pinoké
19	MF	Félix Denayer (Captain)	(1990-01-31)31 January 1990 (aged 34)	396	Dragons
21	GK	Vincent Vanasch	(1987-12-21)21 December 1987 (aged 36)	283	Orée
23	DF	Arthur De Sloover	(1997-05-03)3 May 1997 (aged 27)	161	Oranje-Rood
24	MF	Antoine Kina	(1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (aged 28)	120	Gantoise
25	DF	Loïck Luypaert	(1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 32)	309	Braxgata
26	MF	Victor Wegnez	(1995-12-25)25 December 1995 (aged 28)	169	Racing
27	FW	Tom Boon	(1990-01-25)25 January 1990 (aged 34)	348	Léopold
29	DF	Maxime Van Oost	(1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (aged 24)	45	Waterloo Ducks
30	FW	Nelson Onana	(2000-03-01)1 March 2000 (aged 24)	35	Braxgata
31	MF	Arno Van Dessel	(2003-07-03)3 July 2003 (aged 21)	34	Herakles

Group play

Belgium	2–0	Ireland
27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 10:30v
Boon 25'Hendrickx 49'	Report
Pitch 2Umpires:Sean Rapaport (RSA)Gabriel Labate (ARG)

Belgium	2–1	New Zealand
28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 17:30v
Hendrickx 8'Van Aubel 44'	Report	Lane 43'
Pitch 2Umpires:Steve Rogers (AUS)Dan Barstow (GBR)

Australia	2–6	Belgium
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 19:45v
Sharp 28'Govers 44'	Report	Hendrickx 7'Boon 15', 30', 57'Van Aubel 35'Kina 38'
Pitch 1Umpires:Marcin Grochal (POL)Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

India	1–2	Belgium
1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 10:00v
Abhishek 18'	Report	Stockbroekx 33'Dohmen 44'
Pitch 1Umpires:Coen van Bunge (NED)Zeke Newman (AUS)

Belgium	3–3	Argentina
2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 17:30v
De Kerpel 34'Hendrickx 52'Stockbroekx 60'	Report	Casella 5'Domene 45'Rey 53'
Pitch 2Umpires:Steve Rogers (AUS)Martin Madden (GBR)

Quarterfinal

Belgium	2–3	Spain
4 August 2024 (2024-08-04) 12:30v
De Sloover 41'Hendrickx 58'	Report	Basterra 40'Reyné 55'Miralles 57'
Pitch 1Umpires:Gabriel Labate (ARG)Jonas van 't Hek (NED)

Belgium women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the final at the 2024 Women's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia, Spain.

Team roster

The squad was announced on 17 June 2024.

Head coach: Raoul Ehren

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
3	FW	Justine Rasir	(2001-12-04)4 December 2001 (aged 22)	70	Racing
4	FW	Delphine Marien	(2002-03-27)27 March 2002 (aged 22)	37	Dragons
5		Abigail Raye	(1991-05-17)17 May 1991 (aged 33)	141
6	FW	Charlotte Englebert	(2001-05-20)20 May 2001 (aged 23)	70	Den Bosch
7	MF	Judith Vandermeiren	(1994-08-10)10 August 1994 (aged 29)	237	Braxgata
8	DF	Emma Puvrez	(1997-07-25)25 July 1997 (aged 27)	199	Tilburg
9	FW	Emily White	(2004-09-20)20 September 2004 (aged 19)	22	Waterloo Ducks
13	MF	Alix Gerniers (Captain)	(1993-06-29)29 June 1993 (aged 31)	269	Gantoise
15	DF	Vanessa Blockmans	(2002-04-04)4 April 2002 (aged 22)	44	Waterloo Ducks
17	MF	Michelle Struijk	(1998-06-24)24 June 1998 (aged 26)	121	Gantoise
19	MF	Barbara Nelen (Captain)	(1991-08-20)20 August 1991 (aged 32)	324	Gantoise
21	GK	Aisling D'Hooghe	(1994-08-25)25 August 1994 (aged 29)	229	Waterloo Ducks
22	DF	Stéphanie Vanden Borre	(1997-09-14)14 September 1997 (aged 26)	186	Braxgata
26	DF	Lien Hillewaert	(1997-11-27)27 November 1997 (aged 26)	137	Braxgata
29	GK	Elodie Picard	(1997-09-08)8 September 1997 (aged 26)	49	Royal Antwerp
30	FW	Ambre Ballenghien	(2000-12-13)13 December 2000 (aged 23)	83	Gantoise
31	DF	Lucie Breyne	(2000-10-05)5 October 2000 (aged 23)	64	Waterloo Ducks
36	DF	Hélène Brasseur	(2002-01-04)4 January 2002 (aged 22)	59	Gantoise
40	MF	Camille Belis	(2004-10-23)23 October 2004 (aged 19)	33	Braxgata

Group play

Belgium	2–1	China
28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 10:00v
Ballenghien 23'Englebert 55'	Report	Chen Ya. 46'
Pitch 1Umpires:Hannah Harrison (GBR)Amber Church (NZL)

France	0–5	Belgium
29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 20:15v
	Report	Rasir 7'Ballenghien 12', 52'Gerniers 18'Vanden Borre 37'
Pitch 2Umpires:Liu Xiaoying (CHN)Raghu Prasad (IND)

Belgium	3–0	Japan
31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 17:00v
Brasseur 28'Englebert 29'Ballenghien 52'	Report
Pitch 1Umpires:Gabriel Labate (ARG)Ayanna McClean (TTO)

Belgium	1–3	Netherlands
2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 12:45v
Ballenghien 35'	Report	Sanders 6'Jansen 13'Verschoor 30'
Pitch 1Umpires:Hannah Harrison (GBR)Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

Germany	0–2	Belgium
3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 19:45v
	Report	Struijk 13'Ballenghien 17'
Pitch 1Umpires:Irene Presenqui (ARG)Wanri Venter (RSA)

Quarterfinal

Belgium	2–0	Spain
5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 20:00v
Marien 46'Englebert 49'	Report
Pitch 1Umpires:Alison Keogh (IRE)Ayanna McClean (TTO)

Semifinal

Belgium	1–1	China
7 August 2024 (2024-08-07) 19:00v
Puvrez 59'	ReportPenalty shootout report	Zou 18'
Englebert Blockmans Ballenghien Rasir Marien	Chen Ya. He Zou Ma
Pitch 1Umpires:Amber Church (NZL)Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

Bronze medal game

Argentina	2–2	Belgium
9 August 2024 (2024-08-09) 14:00v
Gorzelany 22'Albertarrio 27'	ReportPenalty shootout report	Puvrez 8'Rasir 27'
Casas Jankunas Díaz Cairo	Englebert Blockmans Rasir Vanden Borre
Pitch 1Umpires:Amber Church (NZL)Alison Keogh (IRE)

Belgium entered three golfers into the Olympic tournament. Thomas Detry, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, and Manon De Roey; all qualified for the games, to compete in the individual competitions, based on their own position inside the top 60 eligible players on the IGF World Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Thomas Detry	Men's	71	63	69	69	272	−12	T9
Adrien Dumont de Chassart	70	70	70	73	283	−1	T40
Manon De Roey	Women's	72	75	71	72	290	+2	T29

Belgium's men team earned the right to send an individual gymnast to the Games by finishing as one of the three strongest non-qualified nations at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Luka Van den Keybus also officially booked his Olympic ticket at the same championships as one of the highest-ranked eight All-Around gymnasts who did not have a pathway to Paris as part of a qualified team. Noah Kuavita earned the one available individual Paris 2024 quota spot for the parallel bars at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Nina Derwael booked her Olympic ticket for the Women's artistic individual all-around competition by winning one of the two 2024 quota places destined for the top two eligible gymnasts on balance beam at the conclusion of the 2024 FIG Apparatus World Cup series. Maellyse Brassart joins the Belgian squads by becoming the highest ranked eligible gymnast, through the 2024 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rimini, Italy.

Men Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Final
Noah Kuavita	All-around	—N/a	13.700	11.866	—N/a
Luka van den Keybus	13.533	12.266	12.700	14.166	13.033	13.400	79.098	37	Did not advance
Glen Cuyle	—N/a	14.900 Q	—N/a

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus	Total	Rank
Glen Cuyle	Rings	—N/a	13.833	—N/a	13.833	8

Women Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Final
Maellyse Brassart	All-around	13.300	13.766	11.600	12.533	51.119	37	Did not advance
Nina Derwael	—N/a	14.733 Q	12.766	—N/a

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus	Total	Rank
Nina Derwael	Uneven bars	—N/a	14.766	—N/a	14.766	4

Belgium qualified four judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Jorre Verstraeten (men's extra-lightweight, 60 kg), Matthias Casse (men's half-middleweight, 81 kg), Toma Nikiforov (men's heavyweight, 100 kg) and Gabriella Willems (women's middleweight, 70 kg) qualified via quota based on IJF World Ranking List and continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Jorre Verstraeten	Men's −60 kg	Bye	Moreno (ESA)W 01–00	Garrigos (ESP)L 00–01	Did not advance	9
Matthias Casse	Men's −81 kg	—N/a	Arab (EOR)W 11–01	Ungvári (HUN)W 10–00	Nagase (JPN)L 00–01	Did not advance	Gauthier-Drapeau (CAN)W 01–00	Lee (KOR)L 00–01	5
Toma Nikiforov	Men's −100 kg	—N/a	Sharkhan (KAZ)L 10–00	Did not advance	17
Gabriella Willems	Women's −70 kg	—N/a	Perez (PUR)W 10–00	Teltsidou (GRE)W 10–00	Butkereit (GER)L 00–10	Did not advance	Gahié (FRA)W 10–00	van Dijke (NED)W 01–00

Belgium male rowers have qualified a boat in the men's single and lightweight double sculls, through the 2024 World Rowing European Olympic Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Belgian sailors qualified one boat in the Men's Dinghy, the Women's Dinghy and the 49erFX classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands. Belgian sailors qualified one boat each in the Men's 49er and the mixed Nacra 17 classes through the French Olympic Week Last Chance Regatta in Hyères, France.

Medal race events

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; C = Race cancelled

Belgium qualified one climber for the olympic games. Hannes Van Duysen qualified for the Boulder & lead combined by finishing in the top 10 of the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series.

Boulder & lead combined

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Final
Hannes Van Duysen	Men's	34.3	7		12.0	17	46.3	14	Did not advance

Belgian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):

Athlete	Event	Heat	Semifinal	Final
Lucas Henveaux	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:46.04 NR	3 Q	1:46.20	11	Did not advance
Men's 400 m freestyle	3:46.76	12	—N/a
Men's 800 m freestyle	7:51.51 NR	19	—N/a
Valentine Dumont	Women's 200 m freestyle	1:57.50	12 Q	1:57.50	13	Did not advance
Women's 400 m freestyle	4:08.25	12	—N/a
Florine Gaspard	Women's 50 m freestyle	24.69	14 Q	24.82	15	Did not advance
Roos Vanotterdijk	Women's 100 m backstroke	59.68	9 Q	59.86	10	Did not advance
Women's 100 m butterfly	57.54	10 Q	57.25 NR	10

For the first time since 2012, Belgium entered two table tennis players into Paris 2024. Martin Allegro and Cedric Nuytinck secured a spot through the International Table Tennis Federation World Singles Ranking list of June 18, 2024, both in the men's single classes.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Martin Allegro	Men's singles	Bye	Harimoto (JPN)L 0–4	Did not advance	=33
Cedric Nuytinck	Bye	Möregårdh (SWE)L 0–4

Belgium qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Sarah Chaâri qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in her division.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Sarah Chaâri	Women's −67 kg	—N/a	Rodríguez (DOM)W 6–2, 11–2	Shehata (EGY)W 0–0, 0–1	Márton (HUN)L 4–4, 11–10	—N/a	Sobirjonova (UZB)W 16–2, 2–3, 4–5

Belgium entered three tennis players into the Olympic tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Zizou Bergs	Men's singles	S. Tsitsipas (GRE)L 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 1–6	Did not advance
Sander GilléJoran Vliegen	Men's doubles	—N/a	Fils /Humbert (FRA)W 7–5, 6–4	Evans /Murray (GBR)L 3–6, 7–6(10–8), [9–11]	Did not advance

Belgium qualified four triathletes (2 men and 2 women) for the following events at the Games, by gaining the necessary slots in the World Triathlon Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jelle Geens	Men's	23:13	0:53	54:16	0:26	31:47	1:50:35	42
Marten Van Riel	20:34	0:56	51:53	0:26	32:22	1:46:11	22
Claire Michel	Women's	26:05	0:56	59:16	0:28	35:37	2:02:22	38
Jolien Vermeylen	22:42	0:54	59:16	0:29	36:23	1:59:44	24

Relay

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marten Van Riel	Mixed relay	Did not start	—N/a
Jolien Vermeylen
Jelle Geens
Claire Michel
Total	—N/a

Belgium entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Nina Sterckx secured one of the top ten slots in both the (women's 49 kg) and (women's 59 kg) weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings and chose to compete in the former.

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Nina Sterckx	Women's −49 kg	DNF	---	12

Belgium at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

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